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A record attendance of 93,226 saw Luis Suarez score as Barcelona beat Los Angeles Galaxy 2-1 in a pre-season friendly in California. The Pasadena Rose Bowl crowd was the biggest for a club game involving a side from Major League...

Mario Balotelli has enraged Liverpool fans after he congratulated former team-mate Raheem Sterling for scoring on his Manchester City debut. Sterling finally completed an acrimonious £49m move to City last week but took less than three minutes to find the...

Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal says he plans to use Wayne Rooney as a central striker next season. Rooney, 29, was used in midfield for much of last year. "I have listened to you," Van Gaal told journalists. "You have...

African footballers as young as 14 are being trafficked to Asia and forced to sign contracts, the BBC has learnt. Six minors are still with top Laos side Champasak United, after it imported 23 under-age players from West Africa to...

Former Barcelona football manager Pep Guardiola will run for office as a pro-Catalan independence candidate in September's regional elections. However, it is thought to be a symbolic gesture as he has been named last on the candidate list. Barring a...

Christian Benteke is set to undergo a medical in London on Monday afternoon ahead of completing a £32.5m move to Liverpool, Sky sources understand. Liverpool agreed a deal to sign the striker from Aston Villa last week after meeting the...

Uefa boss Michel Platini has been asked by a majority of world football chiefs to stand for the Fifa presidency. Platini is said to have had assurances of support from his own confederation, Asia, South America, plus North and Central...

Nigeria edged closer towards qualification for the 2016 Rio Olympics with a 2-1 victory over Congo Brazzaville in Port Harcourt. It was sweet revenge for Nigeria whose senior side lost 3-2 to Claude Le Roy's Congo last year in a...

Manchester United are ready to gamble on the fitness of striker Wayne Rooney, and may not bring in any more forwards. Javier Hernandez and James Wilson are the only other true strikers left after Robin van Persie joined Fenerbahce and...

Manchester United target Sergio Ramos will not leave Real Madrid this summer, according to the Spanish club's boss Rafael Benitez. United bid £28m for the 29-year-old Spain defender but it was rejected by Real, who want United keeper David De...